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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Jun 2, 2026

BASIC Breakthrough, AI Spends $200k on Crypto, and Hacking Lawn Mowers - Daniel Siegl and David Payr

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney

An AI drains $200k in crypto while another burns $500M on Claude. Test your tech radar with Daniel Siegl and David Payr playing Fake or News.

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Weapons-grade plutonium for startups and BASIC game packing algorithms

Startups face unusual propositions like receiving weapons-grade plutonium for fuel alongside discoveries of advanced packing algorithms in retro code.

#2 about 1 min

Hackable robot lawnmowers and the delusion caused by sycophantic AI

Vulnerabilities in robot lawnmowers present physical dangers while prolonged exposure to sycophantic AI chat models escalates delusional thinking.

#3 about 2 min

Trading privacy for robot cleaning and tracking developer AI stress

Consumers trade home video privacy for free robot cleaning while developers experience elevated stress using emerging AI coding tools.

#4 about 1 min

Using prompt injection to combat vibe coders and burn tokens

Developers deploy hidden prompt injections into repositories to disrupt careless vibe coders by instantly deleting outputs and burning tokens.

#5 about 2 min

Tricking Grok for crypto and avoiding massive enterprise AI bills

Security flaws allow users to extract crypto from Grok using Morse code while unmonitored Claude usage incurs massive enterprise bills.

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Tech headline trivia on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity

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Evaluating tech journalism headlines in a trivia game segment

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Deciphering absurd technology headlines and AI product announcements

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